[stfassisi]

“”Sadly, it is not a translation mistake. The West quite positively has taught that man can share in the divine nature””

This still does not mean we become Divine,it means God uses the human nature of the humble.

The eastern fathers wrote things like this...

“Man has been ordered to become God.”- Gregory of Nazianzus

“From the Holy Spirit is the likeness of God, and the highest thing to be desired, to become God.”- Saint Basil the Great

“If the Word is made man, it is that man might become gods.” -Saint Irenaues

If taken out of context than one would believe that man can become God.

Sharing in Divine nature is no different if taken out of context to make one think we are God.

There can be too much religious pride on both sides regarding any of this!

I want no part in that pride!

We both agree that Christ uses the humble and the lowly.

That's enough for me!

I wish you both a Blessed Evening.

[kosta50]

SFA, the Eastern Fathers also taught that we can become like God by grace and not in essence. This is not religious pride, SFA, this is how the East taught and still teaches.

Sharing in the divine nature is something that is possible only for the Three Hypostases of the Holy Trinity.